The purpose of this first post is to explain the motivation behind starting windsurfingmaps.com.

I am a windsurfer, much like most of the visitors of this site.I find the web a great resource for windsurfing related information - new and used equipment, windsurfing location, gear review, weather forecasts.It’s all our there, easily accessible.

But one thing was missing - most , if not all of the windsurfing related websites were commercial - operated by manufacturers, shop owners, equipments sellers I couldn’t find many websites that were dedicated for windsurfers, had important information which I can easiliy access.

Forums are a great way to share information and I often do visit them.Many windsurfers are very happy to share their knowledge, which encourages higher adoption of windsurfing.Some windsurfers don’t like to share, I can never understand why.

What we are trying to do is to build a website that will be both valuable and fun to windsurfers.As for the valuable part, we want to map the entire world of windsurfing - locations, shops,schools,rental places.We want to provide the fastest and most reliable answer to the question “Where can I find a JP or F2 board to buy in Dallas,TX , near Sylt, Germany or around London,UK” or to a question like “I will vist Thailand next month, where can I rent equipment and where are the best places to windsurf in Thailand?”.

How do we plan to do it?First,we hope you, our visitor,will help us!If you have any equipment you want to buy or sell,you are a shop owner looking for a completely free way to publish the equipment and services you have to offer, just visit our “add equipment” page at:http://www.windsurfingmaps.com/equipmentadd.html.We are also constantly updating our information maps with information so keep coming back for more information.

We also believe our site should be fun.For that,you can visit our windsurfing video clips page at: http://www.windsurfingmaps.com/video.html.You can see there some of the craziest windsurfing video clips.Don’t miss it!

We encourage you to contact us,add remarks and most of all to add your equipment when you look to buy or sell.Most of us,most of the time,are either selling old sails or board and buying new gear.Adding yours onto the map will take you less than a minute (no registration required).

See you on our map,

Windsurfingmaps.com webmaster